“On behalf of the Board of USA Gymnastics, I want to thank Kerry for her leadership under very difficult circumstances,” Karen Golz, chair of the USA Gymnastics Board, said in a release. “In the wake of horrific events that have impacted our athletes and the entire gymnastics community, USA Gymnastics has made progress in stabilizing itself and setting a new path to ensure that the safety and interests of our athletes remains at the heart of our mission.”

The Orange County Register said pressure from the U.S. Olympic Committee over Perry's multiple missteps since taking the job in December led to her ouster.

Perry’s departure comes after USA Gymnastics' elite development coordinator, Mary Lee Tracy, was asked to resign Friday, just three days after taking the job, for inappropriately communicating with Aly Raisman, a three-time Olympic gold medalist and survivor of Nassar’s sexual abuse who is suing the organization.

Raisman blasted USA Gymnastics for hiring Tracy, who defended Nassar as stories of his serial sexual abuse — among young gymnasts and in the Michigan State athletic department — became public.

Perry becomes the second USA Gymnastics CEO enveloped in the Nassar scandal. Her predecessor, Steve Penny, resigned in March 2017 after being accused, along with other USA Gymnastics officials, of covering up the since-convicted serial sexual predator's abuse.

Perry, The Register noted, had been a surprising choice when the USA Gymnastics board hired her nine months ago to replace Penny. Critics, former gymnasts and safe-sport advocates among them, said her hiring, given her background, reflected the organization’s misplaced priorities as it was roiled by the biggest sex abuse scandal in U.S. sports history.

Simone Biles, another U.S. Olympic champion who survived Nassar's abuse, has been one of Perry’s most vocal critics, openly questioning whether she was doing enough to make USA Gymnastics safe for gymnasts.

Asked at USA Gymnastics' national championships this year if the organization was going in the right direction, Biles equivocated.

“That’s a good question,” Biles said (via USA Today). “I’m not so sure yet. Hopefully it’s going in the right direction, but nobody can know until Kerry Perry speaks up. So it’s kind of hard.”

Perry finally spoke up while testifying before Congress, but she appeared unprepared and pleaded ignorance as the government sought answers about the Nassar scandal.